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		<title>Political quote anniversary of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/23/political-quote-anniversary-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hans Blix had five months to find weapons. He found nothing. We’ve had five weeks. Come back to me in five months. If we haven’t found any, we will have a credibility problem. &#8211; Charles Krauthammer, explaining in 2003, after &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/23/political-quote-anniversary-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Starting a war is easy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/18/starting-a-war-is-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and leaving a war is very difficult. This principal is well stated by Peggy Noonan in an essay in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal. In Afghanistan, America cannot leave because it is the 9/11 place, the place that helped 9/11 &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/03/18/starting-a-war-is-easy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration actively fought torture probe</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/obama-administration-actively-fought-torture-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia One of the items revealed in the Wikileaks document dump is that the Obama administration (and several prominent Republicans) actively intervened in Spain to block a probe of American torture policy under the Bush Administration as it was &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/12/02/obama-administration-actively-fought-torture-probe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Cheney know what he is saying? (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/15/does-cheney-know-what-he-is-saying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quote of what Cheney said over the weekend on national TV: I was a big supporter of waterboarding. Jonathan Turley points out this is a very dangerous thing to say, since waterboarding is a crime under international &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/15/does-cheney-know-what-he-is-saying/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative of the year: Dick Cheney (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/21/conservative-of-the-year-dick-cheney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did anyone at Human Events notice what year it is? Salon thinks not. For most people, the year ending now is 2009. That&#8217;s apparently not true at the right-wing magazine Human Events; reading it Monday, you could be forgiven for &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/12/21/conservative-of-the-year-dick-cheney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NYT: Comprehensive investigation of torture needed</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/03/nyt-comprehensive-investigation-of-torture-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times calls for a full investigation of torture programs conducted by the Bush administration, under the guidance of Dick Cheney. In Mr. Cheney’s view, it is not just those who followed orders and stuck to the interrogation &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/09/03/nyt-comprehensive-investigation-of-torture-needed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Wallace defends torture</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/31/chris-wallace-defends-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Wallace here dismisses the moral argument against torture. This is perfectly consistent with his softball interview of Dick Cheney over the weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Sullivan on the new torture revelations</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/25/andrew-sullivan-on-the-new-torture-revelations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a break from his summer vacation, Andrew Sullivan reacts to the recent disclosure about America&#8217;s embrace of torture under Bush and the Holder investigation. He is right that the effort to bring to justice those who tortured in the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/25/andrew-sullivan-on-the-new-torture-revelations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bush considered using military for law enforcement (updated x2)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/25/bush-considered-using-military-for-law-enforcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration seriously considered using the military to arrest terrorism suspects in the United States. Highly questionable from a Constitutional perspective, and also illegal under law.  The legal &#8220;basis&#8221; for this approach was, of course, developed by John Yoo &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/25/bush-considered-using-military-for-law-enforcement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holder considering special prosecutor for torture (updated x2)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/12/holder-considering-special-prosecutor-for-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. According to the Washington Post, Eric Holder is seriously considering appointing a special prosecutor to investigation whether US personnel tortured terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The leak of his consideration is likely a trial &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/12/holder-considering-special-prosecutor-for-torture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney was unavailable for comment</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/12/cheney-was-unavailable-for-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the New York Times, Dick Cheney personally ordered that a CIA clandestine program be kept secret from Congress for eight years. The investigation of what happened has to occur. This was the program the Leon Pannetta, current CIA &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/12/cheney-was-unavailable-for-comment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bush warrantless wiretapping program kept secret within DOJ (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/10/bush-warrantless-wiretapping-program-kept-secret-within-doj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that there may finally be some progress on investigation into Bush&#8217;s warrantless wiretapping program. There is an unclassified summary written by five inspectors general, according to the Washington Post. The inspectors general from the Departments of Justice and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/10/bush-warrantless-wiretapping-program-kept-secret-within-doj/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/15/political-quote-of-the-day-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it&#8217;s almost as if he&#8217;s wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that&#8217;s dangerous politics. &#8211;Leon Panetta on Dick &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/15/political-quote-of-the-day-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Once again, failure at the NYT (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/08/once-again-failure-at-the-nyt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times fails to call torture torture. In addition, the continue to participate in misstating the facts regarding the clear pro-torture policies of the prior administration. The article implies, incorrectly, that all the involved lawyers at the DOJ &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/08/once-again-failure-at-the-nyt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holy crap! I agree with Dick Cheney. (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/02/holy-crap-i-agree-with-dick-cheney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, on one thing anyway. He believes that the definition of marriage should be set at the state level and that everyone should be free to make the arrangement they want.  This is a better and stronger position than Obama&#8217;s. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/06/02/holy-crap-i-agree-with-dick-cheney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The one issue GOP</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/31/the-one-issue-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 11:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Rich, in today&#8217;s New York Times: The speech itself, with 20 mentions of 9/11, struck the same cynical note as the ads, as if the G.O.P. was almost rooting for a terrorist attack on Obama’s watch. “No one wishes &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/31/the-one-issue-gop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another military voice against torture</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/27/another-military-voice-against-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 11:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Newshoggers: Major Matthew Alexander says that torture doesn&#8217;t work, that it creates terrorists and that Dick Cheney doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s talking about. Major Alexander is a credible witness &#8211; he was a U.S. military interrogator for 14 years and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/27/another-military-voice-against-torture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Toobin on two speeches last week</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/25/toobin-on-two-speeches-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two speeches are those last week by President Obama and former Vice-President Cheney. Toobin is Jeffrey Toobin, writing for The New Yorker. He notes the relative differences in credibility between the two men and warns of Cheney&#8217;s ability to &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/25/toobin-on-two-speeches-last-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney attacks Bush</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/22/cheney-attacks-bush/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 10:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Brooks writes in today&#8217;s New York Times, the the policies that Cheney is attacking were largely implemented in the Bush administration after 2003. He has a point. But George Bush never acknowledged that torture in fact had occurred under &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/22/cheney-attacks-bush/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A message from the dark side</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/21/a-message-from-the-dark-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick &#8220;Dark Side&#8221; Cheney spoke again today in defense of torture. You can read it here and watch it here.  One of his more telling remarks was this: In public discussion of these matters, there has been a strange and &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/05/21/a-message-from-the-dark-side/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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